... of narcotic.
dr. does let me take a small dose of valium a day.
My hubby has his Christmas company party ... though. He rarely drinks.
I am sure I will take a valium or 2 before I go though!!!!!!
Dont worry, my methadone...

... spring up until this very day. She also did narcotics, valium , vicodin, muscle relaxers, etc.
Anything that would...

... clonidine helped too and I took a very small amount of valium for some situational anxiety that my doctor prescribed ... it really did help a couple of times, although the valium caused a little itching and twitching (no play on...

... you are well.
My methadone dr lets me take 4 5mg valium a day and that helps.
I am trying to tackle smoking...

... you are well.
My methadone dr lets me take 4 5mg valium a day and that helps.
I am trying to tackle smoking ... luck.
Hey Jul my doctor suggested to take some valium throughout the month for some situational anxiety ... sometimes get since I stopped taking the vikes. Is Valium addictive? Is my dose high? Do I need to taper down...

... to stop cold turkey? Someone suggested that I take valium while detoxing to help with the anxiety and sleep...

... to stop cold turkey? Someone suggested that I take valium while detoxing to help with the anxiety and sleep ... clonidine for your Blood Pressure,and a benzo like valium ,xanax or librium to help you stay inside your skin...

... Take lots of baths and I hate to say this but the valium will help. Any meeting person would crucify me for...

... and said that the doctor wants me to pick up some valium too. Is the catapres and valium going to help?
...

... He prescribed 5mg of valium and I am to take one in the morning and one at night...

... crabby, moody, and tired but full of anxiety. The valium will help with alot of those symptoms. Don't go back ... IT!!! Mind over matter and keep busy or use that valium as prescribed to "sleep off" the next few days. Stay...

... Probably mostly tired with the catapress(sp?) and the valium . You shouldn't feel too much anxiety or shakiness...

... I would even talk to your doc about switching to valium and taper off of it. Xanax is very short lasting. ... called mini wd,s if I spaced my doses out too far. Valium is much easier too taper but you will probably have ... switch. This is just my experience with Xanax and Valium and I am sure you will get plenty of good advice here ... your doc and take it slow and see about switching to valium . Don't get in a hurry and you can do it.
Murph...

... well put the drugs back in and taper. A switch to Valium and a slow regime is preferred. Is great to see so...

... Have your doc switch you to valium then taper off slowly. Download the Ashton Manual ... you saying that ativan,klonopin,xanax are worse than valium ?[/SIZE]
I swiped this off of another post so you ... dose increments.
Are you implying/saying that Valium is easier to kick than xanax??????
My Md is pretty ... the attack...xanax doesn't make me sleepy at .5 mgs.. valium does at 10mg.
opinion...suggestion???
Thanks...

... a day of xanax,I should start my taper at 25mgs of valium /day???????
That seems like an awful lot of valium ... ,and valium makes me reeeeeeeeally sleepy.
I'll do it.if it ... checked out this forum!)...I know he'll give me the valium if I show him what I'm trying to do ,online.
...

... The old tried and true V is the best way. Funny, Valium was always such a dirty word with all the propaganda...

... tapering is concerned? My doctor refuses to switch to Valium . He sd he's never had problems with Xanax tapers....

... tapering is concerned? My doctor refuses to switch to Valium . He sd he's never had problems with Xanax tapers. ... are a possibility. Find a doc who will switch you to Valium or if you taper straight off Xanax, you must have...

... Yep, find another doctor and switch to valium . Print the Ashton Manual and give it to the new doctor...

... much. You need to get your doctor to convert you to VALIUM as it stays in your bloodstream longer and is easier ... you try to kick the benzos. You DEFINITELY want the VALIUM and not the Xanax. I kicked benzos in about 3 days...

... right now. You definitely want to switch over to Valium and it'll be much smoother for you. Download that ... conversion tables. I seem to remember 1mg Xanax = 10 mgs Valium . Ashton suggests a fairly slow taper. You don't ... especially Xanax because of the quick half-life). Valium stays in your bloodstream longer and the tapering...

... turns out to be stupid and uncooperative with your valium taper plan. I can tell you horror stories about people...

... success with the tapering thing if you convert to Valium . Download that Ashton Manual and talk to your doctor ... it is "take a dose, come down, take a dose". With Valium it stays in your bloodstream longer and makes the ... ..even sicker with Xanax. Talk to your doc about Valium and give him the Ashton Manual.
Hang in there bro...

... it to your doctor, and make a plan to taper using Valium . There really is no easy way to do it....

... manuel and will ask my Dr. next month to switch me to valium . For me I think it will be 5 mg of valium, as I'm ... and milder.
I'm really really praying that the Valium will help and lessen the horrible fluish feelings ... but hoping its not as bad.
Who here has done the valium taper? What can I expect at the amount I'm on?
...

... from 6 mgs of xanax plus 45 of restoril and 10 of valium per day to ZERO.
I almost had to be sent to the...

... Hey, My problem was with Valium not the Xanax which as we all know are in the same ... let myself get so caught up in them like I did the valium ........Gosh I loved those things.
Talk about feeling...

... in periodically. He has done a CT and has done a valium taper. He knows a good bit about the taper thing...

... before. Work on getting that Xanax script changed to Valium and you won't have such a hard time with it. When...

... my wifes name. It is CRITICAL that you convert to valium and wean slowly....

... I'm staying on the Xanax for now. Valium makes me feel loopy compared to it. I would like to ... taper with it though with the help of my doc. Valium is much stronger on my system for some reason...

...Valium takes a little while getting used to but you should...

... only way out of the madness is medical detox or a valium conversion with a slow taper. It's tough tapering...

... to cut the dose too fast. I realized that 1st hand. Valium makes me feel out of it for hours & on another planet...

... best way to withdraw from benzos is to convert to valium then taper down slowly. Ashton's study is the only ... is probably the way to go. The initial effects of valium are sleepiness, goofiness, a buzz....but that stabilizes...

... from time to time, but I feel like myself again. The Valium made me feel exactly like you said. I have lost a...

... easy. I`d consider myself in the middle. I started a Valium taper at 30 mgs and worked two jobs for 6 months. ... Most of the depresson has lifted.
Ashton puts the Valium equivalency at 10 mgs for .5 mgs of Xanax. A slow...

... is probably the way to go. The initial effects of valium are sleepiness, goofiness, a buzz....but that stabilizes ... ask to switch from .5 mil a day of Xanax to 10 mil Valium gradually, then wean off the valium starting in Jan...

... Sounds like you are having interdose withdrawals. Valium should fix that. And you are not experiencing tolerance ... gotten off. Keep in touch. Pretty simple thing. Get the Valium source and the small dose pills. Go at your own pace...

... having nausea and some diareha. i also just took a valium becasue i was having a panic attack worrying that...

... and you'll be fine. Although I do not suggest taking Valium to calm down, your just replacing one drug for another...

... having nausea and some diareha. i also just took a valium becasue i was having a panic attack worrying that ... misery? HELP im freakin out!
Careful with the Valium . Some wind up with awful withdrawals, and I still ... empathize with the panic attacks. If you have to take a Valium so be it but try not to take one every day, emergency ... to this class of drugs... I would by no means take Valium for more than about 10 days....

... sit or lay down in a comfortable position. I have valium (doc gives me that for muscle spasms, I usually don ... another, but trust me, I couldn't ever get addicted to valium , I don't even like them that much. After this week ... Why? After a week? Should I just take a bunch of valium ? Do I need to see a dr? Why is it like this? Sorry...

... I am on prozac already, but I also have a RX for valium , could that help? (I don't usually even get that ... so I don't really know). I just wondered if it ( valium ) could take away some of the anxiety and "needles...

... heating pad and some warm chamomile tea. I do think the valium would help with the "pins and needles"...but be VERY...

... Your dr. will not refill...lots of water-take the valium ..you'll need it but no longer than a week.
good for...

... I'm just thanking my lucky stars that I have these valium RX's (I get the RX every month, but don't usually...

... of years and have been prescribed both opiates and valium while being hospitalized and post surgically. I was...

... Both drugs are bad news but the valium is "safer" as it has a longer half-life. Do not quit ... drugs cold turkey. It is best to taper down using valium if you can handle a taper. Xanax and Klonipin have ... short half-lives and you hit tolerance very quickly. Valium got a bad name in the 70's but it is actually "safer ... explains how to safely get off of benzodiazepines using valium . Stay away from the benzo forum though....too many...

... same effect could be VERY addicting. Do you think valium is any better? My Dr. also recommended something...

... She mentioned "clonazpam" is Klonopin. Diazepam is Valium . She used ingredient names and not brand names thus...

... other benzos, which include Klonopin, Ativan, and Valium , are more targeted. The are directed at a certain...

... other benzos, which include Klonopin, Ativan, and Valium , are more targeted. The are directed at a certain...

... concerned the Xanax is a prescription to hell. I find the valium - which I am ending on Friday is less concerning for...

... concerned the Xanax is a prescription to hell. I find the valium - which I am ending on Friday is less concerning for ... assume all is well, intil that day.......
Anyway, Valium seems to agree more with people and makes this easier ... more gradually. If I had it the info on the Ashton Valium taper at the time, I would have went that way, most...

... Ashton says to switch from Xanax(or any other benzo) to valium then taper down slowly(too slow in my opinion). There ... you can find a doc who'll help you switch over to valium . Ashton's manual has some equivalency charts in there...

... or taken any hydros or soma...and have stuck to my valium taper mg/today.....When I felt like I was gonna use ... morphine,percocet,flexeril,xanax and just keep the valium for
my taper ( that is my last drug to stop)...Because...

... when I had WD's , coming off of Hydro , I had some valium , basically to help me sleep at night, and maybe once ... a little more comfortable.. get a small amount of Valium from the DR. - be up front about what's going on....

... c/t at about 1-2 pills a day, it is tolerable!!! Valium will definitely help with anxiety and sleep, just...

... hints to "TRY" to make it more comfortable. i have 5mg valium from the Dr. for sleeping at night.... i'm looking...

... wasn't even difficult for me to do.
I have 5mg Valium from my DOC to help me sleep at night. I plan on just...

... detox contract and
am currently tapering hydro and valium and will be staying on Wellbutrin XL 300 mg/day.. ... .very soon I will be off the hydro and valium all together and the
only med I will be taking is...

... housewives who take miniscule amounts) substitute valium for the shorter half-life drugs(xanax, klonipin) and ... taper down slowly with the valium . For a real addict(a dope hog) the tapering thing...

... hospital for 3 days
Been through cold turkey from valium (10yrs use) Almost died
Been through 3 hydrocodone ... serax to stop me from going completely crazy from the valium . Then I slowly got off that. It took a year.
...

... from benzo wd, they'd just give you a shot of some valium or something. That would be their idea of therapy ... small fortune so get them legally if you can. She uses valium because of its long half life. Klonopin also has a...